worker finds money, what to do?

today my crew was out mowing a new customer, and one of my guys discovers a $100 bill in the back corner of the the back yard(actually almost ran it over). Well, he pockets the money and then tells me about it at the end of the day. I ask him if he confronts the customer about it and he says no. So, I tell him he should have. He basically said that finders keepers losers weepers. He refuses to give the money to me, so I can try to see if it belongs to someone. I give in and tell him that he needs not to spend the money for a week, if no one calls to question it then its all his. However if they do call, then he has to give it up.

What do you all think about this situation, or better yet what would you do if you were me?

I'd fire him on the spot for being a dishonest SOB.He knows it's not his,you know it's not yours.It was found on a customers property.It belongs to your customer.
Wonder what he "finds" that might belong to you?

I would have bent down to pick it up and then looked up at the
sky and smiled Then continued working, while I listen to my music Had it been a wallet or a purse, then I would have turned it in.

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exactly. wind couldve blown it from anywhere. of course customer will say its theirs. i found $20 in parking lot at restaurant we were working at. after we get done i mention to employee what i had found. all of a sudden "hes" missing a $20 bill. i asked him where abouts in the lot he was working that he may have dropped it. he was wrong on all 3 guesses. he couldnt identify it by telling me the serial #s either.

exactly. wind couldve blown it from anywhere. of course customer will say its theirs. i found $20 in parking lot at restaurant we were working at. after we get done i mention to employee what i had found. all of a sudden "hes" missing a $20 bill. i asked him where abouts in the lot he was working that he may have dropped it. he was wrong on all 3 guesses. he couldnt identify it by telling me the serial #s either.

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Obviously the guy was full of crap, no argument there. But how many people can honestly say they memorize the serial #s from money in their pocket?